History – Page 2 – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/tags/history/page/2/
The Florida Museum has grown from a small teaching collection into an international powerhouse for research and education. In 1917, state legislation created the Florida State Museum (now Florida Museum of Natural History). But our roots go back to 1891, when a professor at Florida Agricultural Coll
Agricultural College, Lake City, purchased minerals, fossils and human anatomy models